Global study: World not ready for agingThe world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study going out Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder...

Governor struggles over Common CoreThis ruckus over Common Core, silly and sad as it’s been, has still served the public good in a couple of ways. It has given me and my journalistic colleagues something to write about on a slow wee...

Letters to theEditorDear Editor: As Southern University alumni, we feel compelled to respond to the editorial of Sept. 12 in The Natchitoches Times. We commend Mayor Lee Posey and the city leaders who were asked and c...

Coutee name entrenched in history of NorthwesternAs Northwestern State was starting a new academic year last month, two of the school’s prominent alumni that have long supported their alma mater again demonstrated the kind of loyalty and generosi...

Voucher suit is gift to Jindal from ObamaGov. Bobby Jindal may call the lawsuit brought by President Barack Obama’s administration against the state’s voucher program “cynical, immoral, hypocritical and more,” but he’s got to love the big...

Farm Bill comes sdown to Food Stamps againMost folks don’t realize that what’s included in the federal Farm Bill has the potential to touch every corner and affect practically all aspects of Louisiana, from the cornfields in the north and ...

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